St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-08
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Additions to Several school Build
ings to be Erected--schOoI Fur
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Additions to Several school Build
ings to be Erected.-SchOoI Fur
niture.
Eleven members of the school board were
present last evening at the regular monthly
meeting. Communications were received
from G.. A. Wallingford and Walter lie,
rendering their services as architects. Res
idents of Manchester Park petitioned for a
new school building. Supt. Taylor pre-
sented his monthly report showing total
enrolment of pupils in the public schools
for February of 9,734, of whom 44S were
in evening schools, and an average attend
and of 1878, an increase of 1902 over
February. 1856. The enrolment in Ger
man was 2.2S2, an increase of 500 over
January. He commended the work being
done under special teachers. and the sue
eessful efforts of all teachers in decreasing
hardness.
Mr.. Postlethwaite, of the committee on
real estate, presented resolution authoriz-
ing that committee to secure plans for adj
ditions to the following school buildings,
and present them at the next meeting:
Four rooms to the Cleveland, four rooms to
the German, six or eight rooms to the Van
Buren,. eight rooms to the Humboldt and
wanted an amendment including a new
eight room building at Hamline, but con-
scented to allow this to be considered at a
later meeting, with other proposed new
buildings. At Mr.. Berlandi'S suggestion.
the addition to the Humboldt school was
made nine or twelve rooms and the resou-
ton was adopted. Mr.. PostlethWaite SUBJ
mitted report asking authority for Secur-
ing bids to put steam heating and mechani-
cal ventilation into the Jefferson, Madison
and Lincoln schools, and reciting that the
board had received apparent
SHABBY TREATMENT
from the steam heating firms of the city, as
it had not been able to secure information
desired concerning steam heat in these
school buildings. The report was adopted
The board had a long discussion over the
practicability of Introducing the johnson
heat regulating apparatus into the Franklin
school in connection with the present steam
heating system. The whole matter was
finally postponed.
After considerable discussion of the old
matter of purchasing school furniture, the
committee Oh purchases and supplies was
instructed to purchase furniture needed bv
the board for the coming year of the Penn
sylvania Slate company at. prices not ex-
/ ceeding those of last year. The board ap-
proved the recommendation of the commit
! tee on high school for an assistant teacher
of drawing in the high school.
The committee OH schools reported the
resignation of Miss Effie Hargis, of the Sec
ond grade of the Irving school, on account
of i'll health. The committee recommended
the transfer of Miss Lizzie Clinch from the
second grade, Monroe school. to the va
caucy in the Irving. and transferring Miss
Kit Clnm from the second grade. Adams,
4 to the Vacancy in the Monroe; also the ap,
pointment of Miss Laura Bartlett to the
vacancy in the Adams. The report was
approved. The board adopted a resolution
OF Mr.. Giberts declaring it the opinion of the
board that no school house should have over